Training

RescueNet offers unique, two week training courses. The course is designed to expose each participant to the various fields of emergency relief work, including First Response Medicine, Search and Rescue, Fire Suppression, Disaster Psychology, Radio Communications, Disaster Childcare, Field Awareness, etc.

To participate in this course, applicants must have successfully completed a DTS and hold a current First Aid certificate.

Using a modular form of training, RescueNet uses the expertise of its own trained members plus local service providers to train in their field of work. Throughout this time, participants engage into increasingly difficult scenarios in a build up to the final (as real life as possible) scenario, which lasts for several hours and encompasses everything that has been taught.

Throughout these entire training courses, each participant is closely monitored for their acceptance to the intense training, their acceptance and teamsmanship to those around them, and their negotiations throughout a very intense and dynamic scenario. This helps the team to better assess each participant’s retention abilities, their reaction to stress and tension, their teamsmanship, their reaction to massive injuries and their overall ability to cope in a very difficult environment.

We are not trying to deliberately frighten people, but we are also not playing games here. The environment in which we work can be a very dangerous place, wherein several of our members have already faced death on several occasions! Therefore, throughout these scenarios, the aim is to simulate (as real we can) ‘on field’ experiences, with the aim of enabling both the RescueNet Team and the participant time to assess if the participant is ready for this field of service.

Please feel free to direct further enquires about the RescueNet training from our contact page here or your own email client.